Seth Hockett Ellis (January 3, 1830 – June 23, 1904) was an American politician who served many years on the Ohio Board of Agriculture. Ellis was also interested in co-operative manufacturing of farm implements.

Biography

Ellis was born on a farm near Martinsville,

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. He married Rebecca Jane Tressler on August 21, 1851, in

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. In 1873, he was elected first Master of the Ohio State Grange, of which he was a founder. Ellis began his political career as a

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. After losing a nomination for office in a local Republican convention, Ellis ran as the

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nominee for Lt. Governor of Ohio in 1893, US House in 1894, and Ohio Governor in 1895. Ellis was the leader of the Union Reform Party, which sought to collect all the various reform movements into one national party. The movement was widely ridiculed in the press. He was the party's nominee for Governor of Ohio in 1899 and the party's nominee for President in

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. In the latter race, 80% of Ellis's votes came from his home state of Ohio. Ellis served as one of the two presiding officers of the 1903 centennial of Quakers in

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. Ellis died on June 23, 1904 when he fell from a cherry tree on his farm in Waynesville.

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